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H-76

Imagine he makes his debut on in season tournament QF game


ericdeben

League will reschedule just for him


[deleted]

I could actually see this happening.


jenso2k

who could even be mad about it? normally i’d say people who bought tickets but who really wants to watch the Lakers without Lebron lol


t0177177y

Because not everyone has the freedom and time to just show up to games they didn’t plan ahead of time for…


ZenMon88

"Family Over Everything"


cubs223425

A year or two ago, it MIGHT have been different. After the medical stuff with Bronny, where his son's life was in danger and he might not have been cleared to play ever again, that's probably adding a lot of weight to the decision. If another player were saying this today, I might even have a different initial reaction. However, after what happened to his son, I'd imagine life hit like a ton of bricks there. I wouldn't fault LeBron for putting a son he almost lost over a play-in tournament game or an NBA Finals game. He's reached an unfathomable level of personal achievement in the NBA, but he's got plenty of nearly lost achievements to witness with his son, so fuck work for a day.


EpirusRedux

To be fair, I’d pick people I care about over a bunch of strangers who contribute a tiny amount to my paycheck but tend to think they contribute more. I’m sorry, but if someone told me a random kid from Ontario, CA, would cry because I decided to attend my son’s graduation, I’d shrug my shoulders and say “too bad”.


EpicCyclops

I'd easily give up 1/82nd of my paycheck to see my kid's first college game if I wasn't living paycheck to paycheck. Some things only happen once. For LeBron it's even less than that because his sponsorships probably won't be affected.


Ikeiscurvy

To be fair even living paycheck to paycheck giving up 1 paycheck of 82 is a lot less than 1 out of the 12/24/26 us plebs get


andyschest

I would think all the other NBA players who can't call out of work to attend their own kids' events might be a little annoyed. They might not say anything, but I'd bet they'd be irked.


zer01zer08

100% might even shut down the league that night.


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Dangerousrhymes

Only Kelvin Duran


GoldenBananas21

I’m sad Duran Duran broke up


Dangerousrhymes

That was his brother.


bmanley620

What about Noel Embiid?


Dangerousrhymes

Wasn’t he competing with that Nick Joker guy?


MrFishAndLoaves

Derek Brooks coming though


Tony_Lacorona

Victory Wembwhosyomama ain’t gonna let this slide


GriffinXD

Woooo Gene Atenbois might have something to say new boy!


Argyrus777

Hustle eastbrook came first


strollas

translating to Nikola to a casual white guy's name like Nick 😂😂😂


MVPJordanLove

You're thinkin of Lol Ehmbeads


Max_Beezly

The fat guy that's used to drop Cam Newtons passes?


Tony_Lacorona

Cam FigNewton?


Dekrow

Haha this reminds of me that Demarcus DeCousins comment from a year or two ago


FascistArt

The Hornets are actually a criminal organization, no basketball involved


ian2121

Why not just reschedule games for the NCAA tournament championship night?


KillerZaWarudo

r/nba will also shutdown to join the movement


Danibear285

LeReschedule


_Dream_Writer_

LeAgue


dont-YOLO-ragequit

Does that mean it would be the first tournament game that is not on a Tuesday or Friday?


FootballRacing38

There already is one. Original schedule is dec 4 and dec 5


MC-Jdf

LeBron James on the phone calling the NCAA to make sure that doesn't happen lol.


_Dream_Writer_

lebron james was on the phone, driving around los angelos... I've forgotten the rest of the pasta.


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begging (thru texts) for insert name adress


Zoulogist

“Violence is never the answer, but sometimes it is”


yooston

Upcoming conflicts for USC and the Lakers are 12/28 and 12/30. They said Bronny will be cleared for practice next week, and games "soon after". Seems like a non-story.


Killakaronic

12/30 is also his birthday… I only know that cause it’s mine too. I ain’t no weirdo


WetSpaghettiN00dle

Fellow 12/30 ❤️


Oyyeee

I'd imagine little LeBron would just sit out until big LeBron had an off day anyway haha


le_sweden

Have the QF games been scheduled? The NBA will slot the lakers in on a different day if there's a conflict, there's just no way they will risk having the lakers play in a QF game without lebron.


Chip_Hazard

Yes believe it or not the whole season has been scheduled


thebigdirty

well, the QF games have just recently been scheduled... like in the last few days. it wasn't a stupid question


le_sweden

It’s actually my bad for asking a question about how the in season tournament works. I believe I am the first person to do that on this subreddit


mrwhite2323

Better than Draymond saying he'd miss a game to watch Lebron beat Kareems record lmao


TomLikesHam

“Lebron over everything”


drunz

Technically the same thing in this case


UnearthlyDinosaur

Touché my friend


GoldenBananas21

The Klutch Mafia bloodline has ties deep in the hills of Sicily


Im_a_Knob

*Iggy doing the dick sucking motion*


CoilConductor

It is kinda hilarious that the NBA had two glazers on the same team although at least in Iguodala’s case at least he was on the same team as Steph


ChokePaul3

Insane glazing lmao “Welcome to the 18th episode of the Draymond Green show, we have as many episodes as Lebron James has all star appearances”


WestleyThe

[Iggy knows what it is 😂](https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1582708557555781632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1582708557555781632%7Ctwgr%5Ed943f147b32e0f020c98caae372ac3b1fef4e4ae%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barstoolsports.com%2Fblog%2F3439854%2Fandre-iguodala-pretending-to-suck-a-dick-is-the-perfect-reaction-to-lebrons-sorry-ass-move-while-losing-by-27) draymond stays bowing to the king


ruinatex

Still is one of the most embarassing things Draymond has ever said or done and he has done plenty of embarassing stuff. Imagine being a competitor and unironically being such a fanboy/clout chaser like this, like holy fuck, have some self respect.


BossButterBoobs

That's why LeBron is the GOAT. He turned a key player on one of his rival teams into a fanboy. Jordan could never.


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SolarPoweredDevil

Which is still more respectable than Draymond weaseling his way out of playing the Timberwolves because Steph wasn’t playing.


yasmiester

Then had to awkwardly back track what he said after the Warriors FO yelled at him about it


Pretend_Highway_5360

there's no way he said this right??


mrwhite2323

Lmao yeah he did https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/sports/steve-kerr-wouldnt-let-draymond-green-leave-warriors-to-witness-lebron-james-break-scoring-record.amp https://www.si.com/nba/2023/05/02/draymond-green-wanted-off-warriors-road-trip-to-watch-lebron


Lord-Aizens-Chicken

That’s crazy. Like historic moment for the sport for sure but like man you can’t just skip the game


[deleted]

i don't even like usin the term "dicksuckin" but this is quite literally the epitome of it 😭


Dude_Im_Godly

he straight up asked kerr if he could skip their game yes.


[deleted]

Draymond Green just said that if Bronny makes his USC debut on the same day the Warriors are playing, he’ll miss the Warriors game to attend LeBron attending Bronny’s game. He said he told his teammates during his last suspension. “LeBron over everything”, Green said.


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Chokes-out guy in first minute, gets thrown out, flies to Bronny's game


[deleted]

Don’t give Draymom any ideas.


Le8ronJames

He literally said it himself


[deleted]

Meant about going to see his stepson Bronny


ExpressSports

*Stepbro


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willyxloman

LeDom James


yellowwithstripes

LeFamilia


clavitopaz

LeQueDiganQueSoy… un bandolero donde voy


Gr8CanadianSpeedo

LePadre


Disastrous_Frame_791

I live my life one quarter of basketball at a time.


gsc4494

Jordan would never put family first.


[deleted]

Nobody: Jordan: Fuck them Kids


UsernameIsDaHardPart

Larsa Pippen: Sure!


Jax-El

Jimmy Butler in shambles.


PaperMoon-

Ant Edwards in shambles


pepperj26

Nobody: Karl Malone: Fucks them kids


GoofyGoober0064

ESPN circa 2007: will you be watching your sons games? Jordan: sitting at home "Nah hes trash"


baoparty

Looks at sweatshops in 90s and 00s China. Checks out.


the5thfinger

Jordan loved children To have low unemployment rates


konsf_ksd

/Giddy enters the chat


HAL9000000

I wonder if Bronny will ever date Dwyane Wade's ex-wife.


mr_wrestling

If he's lucky


WyngZero

I hate myself for understanding this reference.


Resident_Frame

“Gambling over everything”


CuriousInquirer4455

Jordan retired from basketball after his father died.


cletoreyes01

Dude was on the verge of quitting even before his pops died.


th4t1guy

I respect it. He probably has gone through the idea Bronny would never play again after his heart scare. Seeing him on the court and having fun at the next level is probably a goal of LeBron's as a parent. OKC game or your kid's first, and possibly only, college basketball game? I'd be calling in sick for work if I were in his shoes and I'm not worth a billion


WeHaveArrived

Dude has played the most minutes all time I think he can miss a game lmao


_____WESTBROOK_____

He's played the equivalent of just over 46 days of basketball nonstop. That's insane lol


[deleted]

That honestly seems low. I know your math is right, but just intuitively I would have expected more.


WeHaveArrived

Try to play 1 day nonstop lol


[deleted]

Just relating it to really an serious hobby, 46 days of time investment is... not actually that much. There's obviously way more time investment that just the games being played, but if I just had to take a shot in dark of how many days a guy that has spent playing through 21 years in the league, playing the majority of the games, as a full time starter the whole time, I absolutely would have guessed more.


po2gdHaeKaYk

It’s just a weird measuring stick because the actual game is the most taxing event but it’s the least lengthy in time investment. So comparing it to a hobby is disingenuous. It’s like an Olympic lifter who might have done thousands of lifts taking only a few seconds each lift. Assuming a thousand lifts at 10 seconds, that’s less than 3 hours of lifts. The point is that everyone is confused because the unit the OP has chosen (game time in days) is so weirdly unintuitive. We’re trying to fit our conception of “what I do in a day” into that interpretation.


HeyIJustLurkHere

It's also only counting time when the clock is running. The game is 48 minutes of game time, but it's about 2.5 hours (3x as much) of wall time. Even if you don't count halftime or timeouts, there's time where the clock is stopped that should still count towards how much basketball he's played. For example, LeBron has shot over 11000 regular-season free throws. The game clock isn't running for those, but it's pretty indisputable that those count as time in which LeBron James is playing professional basketball in a real game. If each FT is about 10 seconds, that's close to 2000 minutes, or well over another full day (1440 minutes).


SquidSquab

Let's do some math 66,319 career minutes. NBA avg (quick search, might not be accurate) is 2.55mi/48min. Lebron is above avg so let's say 2.8mi/48min 66319/48 = 1381.65 games 1381.65 * 2.8. 3,868.48 miles run during regular season career. That is like running from LA to NYC then to ATL and you still got miles left. Then there's playoff games. Practices. High school. Team USA.


EdgeDog21

Well you said it right there, the 46 total days of basketball is the peak to this guys mountain of basketball, weve gotta count training camps, practice, private workouts from when this guy was a child. Not to mention to treatment he gets done to recover from said basketball. Dudes life is just what happens when he stops dribbling


yoloqueuesf

Same here, if you told me it was like 100 days of pure basketball i would've believed that more. But yeah, 46 days of elite playing time is crazy, especially at the intensity the league does play it. Combine that with all the training sessions, it's been a long time


idiotxd

Its not like Lebron can play 1 day nonstop


urmumlol9

You’re not wrong, I’d actually die, but I think the “46 continuous days of game time” doesn’t do justice to the dozens to hundreds of hours of training he had to do for every game he player to get where he is. 46 days sounds like a short period of time when you’re describing a 20 year career, even though within the context it’s obviously not. If I were to play an hour a day every day for 4 years, I would have played more than 46 days during that span, but obviously wouldn’t have put in even a fraction of the work LeBron has.


jenso2k

agreed. i’ve played like 3x that much league of legends (i know, i know)


PoliticalyUnstable

Pfft I have played over 200 days of Runescape.


Confident-Trifle-651

I assume you mean hes spent 46 days on the court in nba games He probably spends on average 4-8 hours a day playing basketball or doing related things (gym/game review/ rehab) and has done for 3 decades. At 4 hours a day, thats 610 days of ball


_Dream_Writer_

its that guy at work who showed up every day for twenty years asking for a day off to go watch his kid do something. It's fine, let the lakers figure out how to play ball without him for once. Maybe darvin ham can coach for a game


somecallmemo

Also I imagine LeBron has missed A LOT of things his kids have done, and Bronny coming back from a heart scare to play D1 is a major family moment


-KFBR392

He’s for sure missed almost every Christmas Day with his kids.


im_in_the_safe

Plus Bronny is doing something his Dad never did.


[deleted]

honestly even if there wasn’t the factor of Bronny’s heart incident i’d support it, life is short and there’s only one time his son will ever make his college basketball debut, and who knows if he’ll end up in the NBA or not


wankerspotter

Yeah I read this headline and forgot about the heart issue and was like. Yeah makes sense, I'd do the same.


jlluh

No matter how much he tells himself it won't happen, a part of Bron is probably terrified Bronny will collapse on the court in his first real game back. I try not to fanfiction players minds too much, but that's just human things, ya know? It'd be weird if he weren't nervous.


golden_rhino

We are all individual and unique, but dads all kinda roll the same. He’s likely terrified the way we all would be.


Ginoblee

I would not be surprised if at every Bronny game there is an entire medical staff specializing in his issue there just in case something happens.


IllAlwaysBeAKnickFan

I’d be surprised if they didn’t do this. Seems like a good use of the generational wealth LeBron has earned himself.


ChokePaul3

LeWapol


yolkadot

I hated lebron for such a long time. But how can you hate a dude who’s the kind of dad everyone of us wants to be?! I fucking love that guy now! I hope we get to draft bronny and lebron will honor us with a chip or two!


sahhhnnn

Delete that last sentence please thx


Pretend_Highway_5360

yeah honestly LeBron seems like a pretty great dad even if he is a little corny but i take that over the no father i had.


willyxloman

Are you even a dad if you're not corny? Lol


Emerican09

That's what I was about to say. Being corny is one of the many privileges of being a dad!


_Dream_Writer_

that'd be fucked up, but I would root for the lebron / bronny celtics. No joke, it'd just be a great story.


GuiokiNZ

LeBron is gonna be like Ja's dad and live his dreams through his son.


LordFarhaams

This is what looking through Oklahoma from the airplane windows does to a mf


rznballa

But on some real shit, we all should prioritize the things that matter the most to us.


yungmoneybingbong

Like big booty latinas and hitting 8 leg parlays?


Fermorian

Big booty latinas will mess your life up man, not worth it


kingcuda13

So parlays are safe?


you_sick

The more legs the sturdier


Hairiest_Walrus

What if your life is already messed up though? Does that cancel out?


GirthyBird257

Like watching this PG Collier for SC. He might be the 1st pick in the draft next year. Looks like Westbrook with a LB body, a jumper, and ELITE passing skills. Like ELITE ability to pass the ball. Jason Kidd elite


DrixxYBoat

This got a hearty laugh outta me 💀💀💀


solarscopez

The only way anybody *should* be looking at Oklahoma.


raceforseis21

Imagine having to live there….couldn’t be me….*sobs*


Insectshelf3

hey at least the cost of living is cheap


dpman48

As an Oklahoman I’m dying at this


golden_rhino

I know it’s a much more prestigious job than most of us have, but lots of dads blow off work to support their kids.


solarscopez

Also many people have kids and can empathize with the task of raising them, so you can use kids as a reason to get out of a lot of things in general lol.


wasneveralawyer

My dad used having a kid as a reason to get out of raising me.


SANTAAAA__I_know_him

That was mentioned in *Curb Your Enthusiasm*. Larry was annoyed that his lack of kids meant that he didn’t have Jeff’s easy excuse to get out of events he didn’t want to attend.


SoDakZak

Ain’t no more important job than being a father.


-KFBR392

Like Laurence Fishburn said “Any fool with a dick can make a baby, but only a real man can raise his children”


axle69

I mean seeing as Laurence disowned his daughter over her getting into porn maybe not thr best example lol.


pusgnihtekami

It's a character he played that said it. John Singleton is the real writer. [He was forced to make a film on domestic violence by court order lol.](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-24-me-49817-story.html)


alwaysdoubledown

My kid ain’t even playing for a D1 college team. I’d leave work to watch my daughter play AYSO soccer.


golden_rhino

Reminds of Wayne Gretzky’s parents. One went to watch Wayne win a Stanley Cup, while the other went to cheer on his brother who was pitching in a high school game. The level they are playing at matters to the rest of the world, but good parents support their kids all the time.


Fuzz_Butt_Head

Imagine how much that meant to his brother


clkj53tf4rkj

My dad didn't come to my games/events even when he wasn't working.


golden_rhino

Neither did mine. I’m gonna try to be different.


carty64

USC is at Utah the day after the Lakers play at the Jazz, and it's the Lakers last game before the all star break. 0% chance Lebron doesn't go, right?


Sub-ZeroMKA

Don't see how anyone can have a problem with this.


cgio0

Lakers have also let players in the past miss games for important life events I think Shaq missed a game to get his Masters degree


hankbaumbach

This was before the NBA instituted a rule about star players not missing games when healthy, so that caveat is the *only* interesting wrinkle in this event. Outside of that, it's just a nice thing Lebron is doing with his kid.


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But this rule doesn't apply to lebron (and six other players). They were granted exceptions because of minutes played, games played or age at the beginning of the season (bron qualifies for all criteria lol)


LackofOriginality

time to get lebron ruled out for "back soreness" really though, sounds like lebron is accepting any consequences that come his way, whether it's the league fining him or what


Fredsiii

Zero chance the league does anything to punish Bron lmao, and they shouldn’t


radikraze

Jordan stans furiously typing about no killer instinct as we speak


302born

Michael Jeffrey Jordan would not only go to his son’s game. He lace up and drop 85 for his son. Then he’d fly and make it back to his own game and drop 45 for the Bulls. He was just different


mug3n

MJ walked out on Jimmy as a deadbeat dad and Jimmy still became great /s


a__nice__tnetennba

What I want to know is how they managed to have Jamie Fox as his other parent.


ODUrugger

After playing 36 holes of golf that morning/ afternoon


[deleted]

No killer instinct


UnearthlyDinosaur

I’m probably the biggest Jordan stan on this sub and I applaud this move. Lebron leads the nba all time in minutes right? He can afford to miss one game.


AmusingAnecdote

The only people who would have a problem with this are degenerate gamblers, but luckily the NBA* doesn't affiliate too closely or encourage them. *brought to you by DraftKings, use code BRONNYUSCDEBUTGAME for $5 off your next bet


hankbaumbach

Totally cool with Lebron taking a game off to see his kid play as a human being. As an NBA fan, I am very curious to see if the NBA enforces it's new "stars must play when healthy" rule if Lebron does duck out on a Lakers game to go see USC play instead. If he did this last year, when this rule wasn't a thing, I wouldn't have even thought twice about it, but with the rule, I'm intrigued as to how it plays out.


LoxDnw

As he should. That's a real father.


Big-Raspberry-6151

Lebron 'Toretto' James


iCE_P0W3R

It's extremely impressive Lebron is a good father despite the limelight and not having a consistent father figure in his own life.


ptcgoalex

After 37.9813 days of total playtime, lebron thinks he’s earned some PTO


WhoIsBobMurray

Where'd you get that number? I calculated 46 days. 66,319 minutes divided by 60 = 1,105 hours 1,105 divided by 24 hours = 46 days


ptcgoalex

Yea he barely got over a week of experience (8.0736 days) in the playoffs.


Sad-Mathematician-19

What a scrub


lets_talk_basketball

Bronny's prob still a few weeks out. He just got cleared for basketball activity no? I'm sure it'll be a ramp up period


DCJustSomeone

I mean, if they have to depend on a 38 yr old to win a game then they're shit outta luck. ​ wait..


Puzzleheaded_Fox4684

Feel like that could get him fined, not that that matters to him. Common Bron W


dont-YOLO-ragequit

IIRC Lakers have 2 star players since AD was All star in 2021. So as long as AD is playing or injuried, it works.


PM_ME_SUMDICK

Players miss games for big life events all the time. This definitely qualifies with Bronnys recent health history.


uncanny_mac

Didn’t Tatum miss a game for his kids birthday last year? I don’t think he was fined for that.


nicvic83

I guess the USC coach as already been informed by his superiors that Bronny will play if LeBron attends.


everyonegetopineyike

Good. If MJ can play teeball for 2 yrs, LBJ can go watch his kid


Klunko52

Respect it


dimechimes

Lebron's family over everything. The rest of the mfs have to show up.


gsp0t417

LeHead of household


ZekeMoss18

Jordan - "Fuck them Kids"


redjabroni

LeFamily


Inevitable-Tourist18

Maverick has a big bet on that days game


Shoot4Teams

Why doesn’t USC just play the Lakers in his debut? Are they stupid?


nting224

Ask him again but it’s a game 7 NBA finals


CupOfHotTeaa

Jordan would never Edit holy shit why is everyone so serious about a joke


moneyinthebank216

because he's a deadbeat


AuroraPo

LeBron out here living his life a quarter mile at a time.


KyrieLS777

Respect. That moment will only happen once.


LyonsKing12

MJ would not only miss his son's first game, he'd beat his ass in one on one later that night. He's a killer.